The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifiers and ordinary characters (except %). All ordinary characters, including the terminating null character, are copied to the output string without modification. Each conversion specification begins with % character, optionally followed by E or O modifier (ignored if unsupported by the locale), followed by the character that determines the behavior of the specifier. The following format specifiers are available:
Conversion
specifier
| Explanation
| Used fields
|
| %
| writes literal %. The full conversion specification must be %%.
|
|
| n(C++11)
| writes newline character
|
|
| t(C++11)
| writes horizontal tab character
|
|
| Year
|
| Y
| writes year as a 4 digit decimal number
| tm_year
|
| EY(C++11)
| writes year in the alternative representation, e.g.平成23年 (year Heisei 23) instead of 2011年 (year 2011) in ja_JP locale
| tm_year
|
| y
| writes last 2 digits of year as a decimal number (range [00,99])
| tm_year
|
| Oy(C++11)
| writes last 2 digits of year using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 十一 instead of 11 in ja_JP locale
| tm_year
|
| Ey(C++11)
| writes year as offset from locale's alternative calendar period %EC (locale-dependent)
| tm_year
|
| C(C++11)
| writes first 2 digits of year as a decimal number (range [00,99])
| tm_year
|
| EC(C++11)
| writes name of the base year (period) in the locale's alternative representation, e.g. 平成 (Heisei era) in ja_JP
| tm_year
|
| G(C++11)
| writes ISO 8601 week-based year, i.e. the year that contains the specified week.
In IS0 8601 weeks begin with Monday and the first week of the year must satisfy the following requirements:
- Includes January 4
- Includes first Thursday of the year
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| g(C++11)
| writes last 2 digits of ISO 8601 week-based year, i.e. the year that contains the specified week (range [00,99]).
In IS0 8601 weeks begin with Monday and the first week of the year must satisfy the following requirements:
- Includes January 4
- Includes first Thursday of the year
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| Month
|
| b
| writes abbreviated month name, e.g. Oct (locale dependent)
| tm_mon
|
| h(C++11)
| synonym of b
| tm_mon
|
| B
| writes full month name, e.g. October (locale dependent)
| tm_mon
|
| m
| writes month as a decimal number (range [01,12])
| tm_mon
|
| Om(C++11)
| writes month using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 十二 instead of 12 in ja_JP locale
| tm_mon
|
| Week
|
| U
| writes week of the year as a decimal number (Sunday is the first day of the week) (range [00,53])
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| OU(C++11)
| writes week of the year, as by %U, using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 五十二 instead of 52 in ja_JP locale
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| W
| writes week of the year as a decimal number (Monday is the first day of the week) (range [00,53])
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| OW(C++11)
| writes week of the year, as by %W, using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 五十二 instead of 52 in ja_JP locale
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| V(C++11)
| writes ISO 8601 week of the year (range [01,53]).
In IS0 8601 weeks begin with Monday and the first week of the year must satisfy the following requirements:
- Includes January 4
- Includes first Thursday of the year
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| OV(C++11)
| writes week of the year, as by %V, using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 五十二 instead of 52 in ja_JP locale
| tm_year, tm_wday, tm_yday
|
| Day of the year/month
|
| j
| writes day of the year as a decimal number (range [001,366])
| tm_yday
|
| d
| writes day of the month as a decimal number (range [01,31])
| tm_mday
|
| Od(C++11)
| writes zero-based day of the month using the alternative numeric system, e.g 二十七 instead of 23 in ja_JP locale
Single character is preceded by a space.
| tm_mday
|
| e(C++11)
| writes day of the month as a decimal number (range [1,31]).
Single digit is preceded by a space.
| tm_mday
|
| Oe(C++11)
| writes one-based day of the month using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 二十七 instead of 27 in ja_JP locale
Single character is preceded by a space.
| tm_mday
|
| Day of the week
|
| a
| writes abbreviated weekday name, e.g. Fri (locale dependent)
| tm_wday
|
| A
| writes full weekday name, e.g. Friday (locale dependent)
| tm_wday
|
| w
| writes weekday as a decimal number, where Sunday is 0 (range [0-6])
| tm_wday
|
| Ow(C++11)
| writes weekday, where Sunday is 0, using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 二 instead of 2 in ja_JP locale
| tm_wday
|
| u(C++11)
| writes weekday as a decimal number, where Monday is 1 (ISO 8601 format) (range [1-7])
| tm_wday
|
| Ou(C++11)
| writes weekday, where Monday is 1, using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 二 instead of 2 in ja_JP locale
| tm_wday
|
| Hour, minute, second
|
| H
| writes hour as a decimal number, 24 hour clock (range [00-23])
| tm_hour
|
| OH(C++11)
| writes hour from 24-hour clock using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 十八 instead of 18 in ja_JP locale
| tm_hour
|
| I
| writes hour as a decimal number, 12 hour clock (range [01,12])
| tm_hour
|
| OI(C++11)
| writes hour from 12-hour clock using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 六 instead of 06 in ja_JP locale
| tm_hour
|
| M
| writes minute as a decimal number (range [00,59])
| tm_min
|
| OM(C++11)
| writes minute using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 二十五 instead of 25 in ja_JP locale
| tm_min
|
| S
| writes second as a decimal number (range [00,60])
| tm_sec
|
| OS(C++11)
| writes second using the alternative numeric system, e.g. 二十四 instead of 24 in ja_JP locale
| tm_sec
|
| Other
|
| c
| writes standard date and time string, e.g. Sun Oct 17 04:41:13 2010 (locale dependent)
| all
|
| Ec(C++11)
| writes alternative date and time string, e.g. using 平成23年 (year Heisei 23) instead of 2011年 (year 2011) in ja_JP locale
| all
|
| x
| writes localized date representation (locale dependent)
| all
|
| Ex(C++11)
| writes alternative date representation, e.g. using 平成23年 (year Heisei 23) instead of 2011年 (year 2011) in ja_JP locale
| all
|
| X
| writes localized time representation (locale dependent)
| all
|
| EX(C++11)
| writes alternative time representation (locale dependent)
| all
|
| D(C++11)
| equivalent to "%m/%d/%y"
| tm_mon, tm_mday, tm_year
|
| F(C++11)
| equivalent to "%Y-%m-%d" (the ISO 8601 date format)
| tm_mon, tm_mday, tm_year
|
| r(C++11)
| writes localized 12-hour clock time (locale dependent)
| tm_hour, tm_min, tm_sec
|
| R(C++11)
| equivalent to "%H:%M"
| tm_hour, tm_min
|
| T(C++11)
| equivalent to "%H:%M:%S" (the ISO 8601 time format)
| tm_hour, tm_min, tm_sec
|
| p
| writes localized a.m. or p.m. (locale dependent)
| tm_hour
|
| z(C++11)
| writes offset from UTC in the ISO 8601 format (e.g. -0430), or no characters if the time zone information is not available
| tm_isdst
|
| Z
| writes time zone name or abbreviation, or no characters if the time zone information is not available (locale dependent)
| tm_isdst
|
